With the rise of online live broadcasting with goods, as well as the downturn in the film and television industry, many obscure but classic supporting roles in the Hong Kong film industry have joined the live broadcast army to earn gold.
Li Guolin, who played the role of "Hatsumo Zhi" in the 97 version of "Tianlong Babu", is one of them.
Due to entering the end of their acting careers, many star artists have gradually become unattracted because they cannot get more performance opportunities, and their exposure has dropped sharply.
Live streaming with goods has become a popular way of making money chosen by these "past stars".
In the case of not receiving many plays, you can also borrow your remaining fame to live broadcast to monetize, which is understandable.
However, Li Guolin was too desperate in the live broadcast, which made us a little worried about whether his recent situation was a bit bleak.
Li Guolin, who was born in 1954, is now 68 years old and has been debuting for 47 years.
However, he dedicated 45 of these years to HONGKONG wireless, becoming a veteran artist at TVB.
After graduating from the fourth TVB TV artist training class, Li Guolin underwent a brief career adjustment and enriched his life experience.
He used to organize a stunt troupe to make movies and worked as a stuntman, but then quit for some reason.
Later, Li Guolin went to Malaysia to break into a career, and he did not find the correct career direction and returned to Hong Kong Wireless.
After returning to TVB, he starred in the role of "Feng Mofeng" in "Eagle Hero" starring Gu Tianle and Li Ruotong.
It is precisely because of his outstanding acting skills in "Divine Eagle Man" that Li Guolin was appreciated by Li Tiansheng and starred in The Role of "Hatsumo Zhi" in Huang Rihua's version of "Tianlong Babu" in 1997.
Unexpectedly, this role made Li Guolin famous and quickly became popular on the TV screen.
He wears a blue monk's robe, a yellow scarf around his neck, sandals on his feet, thick earlobes, high hair covers, and the shape of an exotic monk.
This image still lingers in the minds of many viewers many years later, and has become a classic.
Originally a annoying role, but Li Guolin played a contrasting and cute taste, performing that kind of hilarious sense of humor.
Today, Li Guolin's blue monk's robe plus yellow scarf, thick earlobes and high hair covers, this outfit has become his exclusive.
When participating in commercial performances or variety shows, he always appears in this costume, which is no different from the style in TV dramas.
This is the reason why Li Guolin has played the role of "Hatsuma Zhi" for so many years.
Li Guolin's "Hatsuma Zhi" is considered to be one of the most popular characters in Jin Yong's works.
Not only that, Li Guolin's acting skills are very superb, even if he has played most of the villains in his acting career, but his "evil man" image is not disgusting.
Instead, he was able to play a variety of very different roles, known as the all-round supporting role of TVB.
Although starring in "Hatsuma Zhi" made Li Guolin very popular that year, after so many years, he failed to win the "Best Supporting Actor" award recognition, which has to be said to be a pity.
But he never cares about personal gains and losses, and while releasing his enthusiasm for filming since his debut, he can also earn actors' salaries to improve his life, and does not pay attention to those award gimmicks.
There was a time when Li Guolin fell into a low point in his life, but he did not give up on himself. With the old faces that have been familiar for many years, they have been deeply liked by mainland audiences.
In the case that celebrity live broadcasting has become the norm, Li Guolin also joined the live broadcasting industry to get a piece of the pie.
However, although the income of live streaming is quite high, not all stars can earn a lot of money by virtue of their fame.
Among them, many celebrities live broadcast room in a miserable state, live broadcast overturning cases, to sum up is to live with goods to make money is not as easy as imagined.
At 23:00 on the evening of April 28, it was already late at night, but Li Guolin was insisting on live broadcasting, eating greasy crayfish in the live broadcast room.
We can see that this TVB veteran drama bone wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses and looks in a very good mental state.
In front of the camera, there is a large plate of crayfish, which has a lot of red peppers, which looks like it must be very spicy.
With the help of two female assistants sitting on the left and right sides, Li Guolin personally went to the battle while eating and shouting hard to suggest that netizens quickly place orders.
In fact, at this time, the number of fans watching "Hatsuma Zhi" eating crayfish in the live broadcast room was only about 2,000 people.
Compared with those highly popular top stars, Li Guolin's live streaming can be described as more miserable.
Throughout the live broadcast process, Li Guolin showed great dedication and was also very desperate in order to make money.
He wears an apron to eat and sell, napkins around the bottom of his neck to cover the oil stains, his hands are covered with transparent gloves, and the oil stains left by his hands on crayfish are particularly obvious.
Not only that, Li Guolin's eating appearance is not very good-looking, and at the same time that the crayfish are stuffed in his mouth, his clothes are also stained with oil, and he looks scruffy.
Many netizens can't watch it anymore, and they have left messages to hurt this old drama bone, saying that he is old and eats less at night.
Careful people also found that Li Guolin's lips had turned dark, perhaps because the taste was too spicy, he was so hot that tears came out, during which he had to drink hydrolysis desperately.
In order to make money, it is also very difficult for Li Guolin to live stream goods.
Recalling that when he first started doing live broadcasting, because the live broadcast effect was not satisfactory, not only did he not sell a single order, but he also posted money, Li Guolin was anxious to redden in the live broadcast room.
But at least, today's Li Guolin still has a good start in live streaming with goods, at least a little stronger than the "most miserable star with goods" at the beginning.
In TVB, where Hong Kong artists and superstars gather, the name Li Guolin is also very loud. Not only has he been filming on TVB, but his sharp rhetoric is also obvious to all.
As an old tvB drama bone, Li Guolin also attaches great importance to the cultivation of new talents, and also vigorously promotes those artists who have solid basic acting skills.
For example, Liang Liewei, an artist who first appeared in TVB, we can see him playing a supporting role in many Hong Kong dramas.
In fact, his relationship with Li Guolin is relatively good, and he is also deeply liked and appreciated by the latter.
Li Guolin belongs to the absolute predecessor of TVB, but he is bold, dares to tell the truth, and has also suffered some criticism.
In recent years, Li Guolin has gradually focused his work on the mainland, and going to the mainland to seek gold has become the choice of many Hong Kong star artists.
On February 14, he also made a special trip to a hospital in Fuzhou to do nucleic acid testing for teachers and students with medical staff, and experienced the difficulty of front-line medical staff.
Wearing a sealed protective suit, wearing goggles, and "fully armed" dress, Li Guolin felt very deeply.
In fact, another reason to go to the mainland is to get together with some old friends to strengthen ties and enhance feelings.
Every time Li Guolin posted a photo of himself with his friends somewhere in the mainland, there were always some fan netizens who joked about finding fun.
It is precisely because of the aura of Li Guolin's role of "Jiu Mo Zhi" that people are reminded of "Qiao Feng" played by Huang Rihua.
Some people joked: "I found that this guoshi JiuMozhi and Murong Laoshi met privately every three or five minutes"; "The C position of the guoshi is not guaranteed, which makes the people in the jianghu afraid."
In fact, the most mentioned Mr. Murong Lao refers to Luo Yingjun, a Hong Kong star who has become a friend of Li Guolin.
His role in the 97 version of "Tianlong Babu" is "Murong Bo".
Over the years, Li Guolin, who has starred in more than a hundred movies, has never had the opportunity to play the male lead.
After half a lifetime, but in the end did not get any awards from the major film and television awards seasons, which has to be said to be a pity.
Because in our impression, Li Guolin is mostly a villain in TVB, and his wonderful performance of supporting roles is his housekeeping skill.
In addition to "Hatsuma Zhi", whether it is an "arrogant" big brother or a "brutal" guoshi, he can play brilliantly.
For these roles and evaluations, Li Guolin seems to be indifferent, and at the same time, he is optimistic and indifferent to honors and titles.
Just act well in your own play, those so-called awards and honors are like floating clouds, and the audience's recognition and like are the most important.
In 2020, Li Guolin participated in the mainland variety show "Ace to Ace", and the main actors of the 97 version of "Tianlong Babu" were rarely reunited.
When "Qiao Feng" Huang Rihua and "Jiu Mozhi" Li Guolin standing on the stage looked up at the film and television clips with tears in their eyes, we felt the traces of time and the eternity of the classic.
Jin Yong's "Tianlong Babu" has gone through several versions, and the role of "Hatsuma Zhi" has also experienced several actors, but Li Guolin's version of Hatsuma Zhi is the most likable.
He played the essence of the role of "Hatsuma Chi" and became the most popular candidate.
In terms of personality, Li Guolin is straightforward and fast-hearted, dares to speak out, and his straightforward personality also makes him famous.
A few years ago, Li Guolin angrily criticized all kinds of chaos in the entertainment industry, angrily denounced traffic artists without acting skills, and once caused a big discussion in the entertainment industry to rectify the entertainment industry.
At the same time, when it comes to the patriotic feelings of Hong Kong star artists, he is also firm in his stance and leads by example to become an example of patriotic artists.
He mentioned: "Patriotism is not empty talk on the lips, let alone a scene, patriotism should be from the heart, and it is also the most basic moral quality of all performing arts practitioners."
Therefore, Li Guolin is not only very superb in acting, but also very positive in the three views, praising him.
The film and television industry is sluggish, and Li Guolin, who has almost no drama to shoot, thought of live streaming with goods.
From the beginning of the live broadcast to the redness of the eyes, to now personally go to the battle to drink and desperately try to eat, completely disregarding the health impact of overeating.
It is not easy to live stream with goods, which can be seen from the various details of Li Guolin's live broadcast process.
Moreover, most of the people who entered the live broadcast room came in with the mentality of wanting to see Li Guolin's current situation, and they wanted to see the dignity of "Hatsuma Zhi" himself.
Working hard to make money, in the absence of much filming income, Li Guolin thought of using his fame to try new ways to make money, which is also understandable.
Although it has not reached the point of being particularly desolate, it is an indisputable fact that the former "Hatsuma Zhi" is now popular and cold.
Filming is to release the enthusiasm of filming, to do live broadcasting is to release the enthusiasm of live broadcasting with goods, whether it is filming or live broadcasting, Li Guolin's love and dedication are admirable.
Hopefully, Li Guolin's live sales are getting better and better, and I also wish him all the best.
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